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Pvt. Joe Armstrong (Michael Dudikoff) chooses to enlist in the US army rather than go to prison and finds himself fighting off ninjas on a base in the Philippines. When he saves Patricia (Judie Aronson), the base colonel's daughter, from kidnapping but loses everyone else in the platoon, Joe's popularity with his colleagues drops precipitously and he becomes the target of revenge of the lead ninja (Tadashi Yamashita).

On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.

A powerful terrorist known as "The Cobra" (Marjoe Gortner), has infected Sean Davidson, the American ninja, with a deadly virus as human guinea pigs in his biological warfare experiments. Sean and his partners Curtis Jackson (Steve James) and Dexter (Evan J. Klisser) have no choice but to fight The Cobra and his army of genetically-engineered ninja clones led by the female ninja Chan Lee (Michele B. Chan).

CIA agent Sean Davidson and his sidekick Carl are sent into the stronghold of sadistic British ex-soldier Mulgrew to rescue some Delta Force commandoes who have been captured and tortured. When Sean, Carl and pretty doctor Sarah run into some problems, Peace Corps vet Joe Armstrong is lured out of retirement to stop Mulgrew's plan to explode a nuclear device in New York City.

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Standard action film from the time these were made, the 1st film is really good, the 2nd is a pretty good follow up. The 3rd film is however rubbish with a totally different ninja, fights are poor and the story is c##p. The last film gets the original American Ninja back who heads off to rescue the ninja from the 3rd film this has a better story line and the fights are somewaht better. The 3rd film is the reason why I have given only 3 stars, if this set had just been the !st two films it would have got 5 stars. At the time of purchase this set was the cheapest way to get the 2 films I rate in this series

A very nice collection at a nice price point. If your expectations are appropriately curbed in terms of picture quality - these were made in the 80s, when cheap film stock was king - you'll most definitely be pleased. The first film looks great on blu, with the others taking up the rear but still getting the job done. The added documentary is a nice addition with insightful interviews with the Michael 'The Dude' Dudikoff and Sam Firstenberg. A strong recommendation for those fans of schlock cinema at its finest.

Cheesier than a cheese sandwich, and more corn than a corn field. Knockabout ninja movie boom mania, which does exactly as it's title describes. Silly fun actioner which doesn't bother with complications like a script, or plot, and gets on with chop socky chop chop. Every cliche covered in ninjary goodness. The wooden leading man is utterly terrible as an actor, but who cares if you are looking for Oscar winners then you are sadly deluded. At least everyone can genuinely fight. Also has the coolest black guy stereotype fighter since Jim Kelly. Four ninja stars out of five.

Brilliant acting, great cinematography, a compelling story. If these are what you are after then please don't bother with this.

But please don't think I don't like it. I loved it- this is the cinemantic equivalent of a donner kebab- dirty, bad for you and scarily, just what you want after a couple (or perhaps more) pints with the lads. There's no point talking about ther plot- there isn't one. It's like Delta Force with ninjas and more dodgy 80's outfits. For 99% of the population this film will never even register on the radar but for the "chosen" 1%, it should already be in your basket. Go on, you know you want to...

This is a very good Blu-Ray edition. Worthy of a collection to any 80s action fan or ninja aficianado. The picture quality and sound is satisfactory. It's got a good, long documentary. An informative audio commentary from the director and stunt coordinatior. It's a little skim on extras, could've used more featurettes, extra audio tracks and etc., but still, this is a very good release. Highly recommended!

This is from the back of the dvd cover.Stationed in the philippines,18 year old us armyprivate joe armstrong(michael dudikoff) is escorting a supply convoy when it is ambushed by rebels - one of whom he recognizes as a black ninja warrior. Instinctively,joe defends himself using the esoteric martial art of ninjitsu- an ability that puts him under suspicion by hiscommander and fellow soldiers. Alone in his fight against corruption,the boy finally discovers the secret of his mysterious past - a secret that pits him against the evil black star ninja in the ultimate martial arts battle.This disc includesoriginal theatrical trailerinteractive menu screenschapter selections